This survey is one component of the evaluation of the
Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPOA) Program, an initiative
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at promoting improvements
in the organization and delivery of long-term care and supportive
services for older adults through local public-private community
partnerships. The survey interviewed a representative sample of older
adults aged 50 and over in 13 communities that were awarded
development grants by the program. Designed t... (more info)

This survey is one component of the evaluation of the
Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPOA) Program, an initiative
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at promoting improvements
in the organization and delivery of long-term care and supportive
services for older adults through local public-private community
partnerships. The survey interviewed a representative sample of older
adults aged 50 and over in 13 communities that were awarded
development grants by the program. Designed to obtain baseline data
about each community's population and to provide information to target
the CPOA's activities in the most effective way, the survey
interviewed respondents about supportive and long-term care services
for older adults in their communities, including the availability, use
of, and quality of the services and sources of information about them.
Respondents were asked if they expected to stay in their community, if
their homes needed repairs or modifications to improve their ability
to live in them, how important it was to be able to live in their own
home as they grew older, the age at which they thought they would need
help to continue living in their own home, and the age at which they
thought they could no longer live at home because of health
problems. The survey also collected information on health status,
problems with activities of everyday life, health insurance coverage
and long-term care insurance, hospital stays, living arrangements,
social activities, support from family and friends, access to
transportation, and demographic characteristics.

Variable AGENUM (single years of age) is restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Brown, Randall, and William Black. Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPOA) Program Survey of Older Adults, 2002 [United States]. ICPSR04301-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-10-26. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04301.v1

Methodology

Sample:
Households were selected using list-assisted
random-digit-dialing, and one respondent was randomly selected in each
eligible household. Respondents who were classified as "vulnerable"
or "decision makers" were oversampled in most sites to achieve the
target number of interviews. To qualify as vulnerable, a person had to
be aged 60 or over and had to meet at least one of the following
criteria: (1) needed help bathing, (2) used a cane, walker, or
wheelchair, (3) rated their health as fair or poor, (4) was afraid to
be alone for more than two hours, (5) had a chronic illness, (6) was
of advanced age (75 or over) A decision maker was identified as
someone aged 50 or over who made decisions about the living
arrangements or assistance with personal care for a vulnerable person
in the grantee community. In all sites except Fulton County, the
overall target was 400 interviews, of which at least half were to be
members of the vulnerable or decision maker groups. In Fulton County,
the overall target was increased to 550 interviews.